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Stay Tuned: Bank of Mom and Dad Airs Wednesday
We’re just days away from the first reality show on TV that forces young women to come face to face with their financial hardships. For one week they’ll undergo money missions with the help of Mom and Dad and along the way I stop by with budgeting and saving tips (as well as some tough [...]
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Talking Money and Relationships with Hoda and KLG
Last Friday the fabulous Dr. Jeff Gardere and I sat down with Hoda and Kathie Lee to discuss money & relationships on the TODAY show. I admit, we got a little off-topic, but it was a good conversation, nonetheless. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
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WSJ: Saving Advice for Year #1 in College
Check out Jilian Mincer’s very helpful story in today’s Wall Street Journal on how families can curb costs the first year in college. Jilian interviewed me for this story and included my quote, “Students also are feeling the pressure of the recession…I think the goal is still to have a blast in college and to [...]
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Money-Saving Tips for Stressed Out Teens
In the September issue of Seventeen I offer tips around a unique survey conducted by the magazine and Bank of America, discovering how teens are struggling with financial stress this year. Fox News included my advice in a recent news clip. Check it out!
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A Must-Read for Any Aspiring NYC Interns
I was reminded this weekend of why I love the real estate section in the Sunday New York Times. A terrific article by Bobby Allyn entitled Interns Find a Will, a Way, a Floor offers insight on how unpaid interns manage to afford living in New York City, their biggest expense, of course, being housing. [...]
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6 Ways to Earn Cash on Campus
I worked three to four jobs my sophomore year in college and, while it was absurdly hectic, making money on my own proved essential while living on (and off) campus to pay for books, food, club dues and holiday gifts. The savings also came in handy during the following year when I studied abroad in [...]
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Class, Please Turn to Page 310…In Your iPhone.
Now college students have another excuse to beg mom and dad for an iPhone: I gotta have it for class! CourseSmart, an e-textbook firm, has introduced eTextbooks, an application for Apple’s iPhone. According to CNET, the app is free, but only shows books you’ve “subscribed to” (i.e., rented), and only works when you’re connected to the [...]
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What Women Want
Last year I found a really interesting survey done by media firms Meredith and NBC Universal about “what women want.” Health, a happy marriage and terrific sex life aside, living well these days, women said, is mainly a matter of dollars and cents. Financial strain now ranks as the most serious threat to a woman’s household [...]
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Banks: Get Off My Back!
I dare say it, but my banks are getting on my nerves with all their account “double-checking” and “fraud protection alerting.” I know they mean well. After all, identity theft costs businesses and consumers some $60 billion a year. If someone’s going to mess with my money and my I.D., it’s war. But these [...]
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Why Celebs Need Money 101
Stephen Baldwin recently declared bankruptcy and it got me thinking that many celebrities are starving for some basic financial advice. I guess it’s tough when you abruptly strike it rich after years of living paycheck to paycheck. $10 million suddenly seems like a lifetime’s worth of money — and it can be, but only if [...]
